Scripta Materialia

Coordinating Editor Subhash Mahajan Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of California at Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA, Editorial Assistant Becky Houston , Principal Editor Kazuhiro Hono National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan, Editorial Assistant Nina H.Y. Fang , Editor Harry Bhadeshia Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, U.K., -Deputy Editor Pedro E.J. Rivera , Editor Jeff T.M. De Hosson Department of Applied Physics, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands, Editor Dorte Juul Jensen Materials Research Department, Risoe National Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark-DTU, Frederiksborgvej 399, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark, -Deputy Editor Oleg Mishin , Editor Ke Lu Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China, -Deputy Editor Rui Yang , Editor Subhash Risbud Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, The Board of Governors: W.W. Scott Jr. Chair, Treasurer, and Board Governor, T.B. Massalski Executive Secretary and Board Governor, A.J. Coury Board Governor, Y. Brechet Société Francaise de Métallurgie et de Matériaux Representative Governor, G. Gray IIITMS Governor, C. Hansson The Metallurgical Society of CIM (Canada) Representative Governor, W. Kurz FEMS Representative Governor, S. Mahajan Coordinating Editor and Governor, T. Ohji ASM Governor, G. Olson ASM Governor, D. Raabe German Steel Institute (VDEh) Representative Governor, S. Ramakrishna ASM Governor, M. Singh ASM Governor, G.W. Warren TMS Governor